A Cleveland homeowner is lucky to be alive after opening his front door and walking straight into gunfire. According to reporting from 19 News, the shooting happened just after 1 a.m. Friday on Schiller Avenue in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood. The homeowner, who asked that his last name not be used, said he heard noises coming from his driveway and believed someone was trying to steal a Kia parked outside. “I literally flew out of bed,” he told 19 News. His goal, he said, was simple: scare them off before they could take the vehicle. Instead, the moment he opened…
The 3D printer industry and the gun world have an overlap, but not necessarily an intentional one. A lot of people in the 3D printing world aren’t exactly into guns, and while there are many others who are, the truth is that these printers can be used by a lot of different people with a lot of different goals. That’s kind of what’s cool about them.But people like Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, to say nothing of lawmakers in other anti-gun states, think that the government can force 3D printer manufacturers to include technology that will…
in Mitchell Graf, SHOT Show 2026 The NVision HALO-C Clipon brings 640×512 resolution and long-range thermal detection to shooters looking for advanced clip-on performance. Its 50mm model pairs with day optics supposedly up to 30x magnification. Integrated with Applied Ballistics, it communicates with compatible laser rangefinders for precise targeting. NVision says the HALO-C is designed for both tactical and hunting applications. The HALO-C family includes 35mm and 50mm models, each optimized for different fields of view and detection ranges. Users benefit from a 2K OLED display with a 12 µm sensor pixel size. This is supposed to provide sharp thermal…
The United States has taken control of another oil tanker for defying ruler Donald Trump’s “quarantine.” The Pentagon said that “the vessel tried to defy President Trump’s quarantine – hoping to slip away. We tracked it from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, closed the distance, and shut it down.” The US launched a military operation in Venezuela in early January. That operation saw the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. In addition to that, the US now claims to have seized control of the country’s oil exports. Earlier this year, Trump said that Washington plans to “control Venezuela’s oil…
A Utah Republican has pulled back a bill that would require gun owners to report any use of force in self-defense to local law enforcement, in part to address concerns from some local Second Amendment advocates. Bearing Arms first reported on HB 133 in early January, and noted some issues with the legislation as it was originally introduced. In its initial form, the legislation would have required anyone using force to defend themselves or others to inform law enforcement of their actions “as soon as the actor isn’t in imminent danger” in order to have…
Pulsar Trail 3 LRF thermal scopes bring a 1,500-yard laser rangefinder and better battery life to Pulsar’s fan favorite hunting lineup. Pulsar showed two models at SHOT Show 2026, the Trail 3 LRF XQ50 and the higher-end Trail 3 LRF XR50. Both aim at hunters who want a traditional riflescope layout with modern thermal performance. Availability is slated for mid-February. Trail 3 LRF Overview The Trail 3 line sticks mostly to what made earlier Trails popular while updating both internal and external features. Both models share the same housing, controls, battery system, and LRF capability. The differences come down to…
A man leaving a gun range found himself in a robbery attempt that quickly escalated into a shootout. And at least one alleged robber paid the price. According to a report from Click2Houston (KPRC2), Houston police say the incident unfolded near an apartment complex on Rampart Street and the Westpark Tollway. Investigators told reporters that the victim had just left a gun range when he was approached and robbed by a group of three men. Police say the suspects followed him to the apartment complex before the situation turned violent. During the attempted robbery, the armed citizen fired his weapon,…
For years, Gun Owners of America has put out the State of the Second Podcast. They’ve interviewed a ton of people, and a lot of people tune into each episode of the latest and greatest in the Second Amendment world. But there are a lot of people who don’t listen to podcasts all that much. Unfortunately, I tend to be one of them. I listen to some from time to time, but I just don’t have a lot of opportunity to listen unless I just sit down to listen, at which point I start looking…
According to Poland’s ruler, President Karol Nawrocki, the country is in need of nuclear weapons. Citing a perceived “Russian threat”, Nawrocki said that Poland should be developing its own nuclear weapons program. The U.S. and Russia Are Seeking New START Nuclear Treaty Through Diplomacy While speaking to Polsat News on Sunday, Nawrocki said he is a “strong supporter of Poland joining the nuclear project.” “We need to act in this direction so that we can begin work,” the Polish president stated, adding that he does not know whether Warsaw would actually pursue this endeavor. Meanwhile, talk of obtaining nuclear weapons is…
China has asked all of its banks to reduce exposure to American debt, citing rising market volatility and geopolitical risks. China has been steadily whittling away at its United States treasury holdings since peaking in 2013. Bloomberg [behind a paywall] has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The shift away from American debt has seen China overtaken by Japan and the United Kingdom as the largest foreign holders. Since peaking at around $1.3 trillion in 2013, its holdings have fallen roughly by half to about $650–700 billion, reaching levels not seen since 2008, according to a report by RT. Investors…
Winning a tournament on the Bassmaster Elite Series is monumental. And doing it on your birthday? That’s just the “Cherry” on top. Hank Cherry, Elite Series veteran and Classic Champion, found himself in that exact situation at the start of the ’26 Bassmaster Elite Series on Lake Guntersville. It wasn’t just the fact that he won on his birthday that made the win so special. While he’s won multiple Classics, this is Cherry’s first-ever Elite Series win against the full field. And he certainly overcame adversity, ending day one in 64th place. But by the end of Championship Sunday, his…
The national park system is one of America’s crowning jewels, attracting millions of visitors every year. Like any popular vacation destination, though, sometimes they don’t quite live up to expectations. New data from a study of online reviews shows which parks tend to disappoint people the most, and the results might surprise you. The Study KÜHL, the outdoor apparel brand, surveyed 96,000 reviews from TripAdvisor and Google, pulled in January 2026. The study looked at the average star rating (out of 5) for all 63 national parks, and the percentage of reviews that were negative. It examined the most common…
Russia has stated that it will not attack the European Union (EU) or NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member states unless it is attacked first. The comment came from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who added that Western officials have justified increasing military spending by citing the need to defend NATO’s eastern flank. “We have no intention of attacking Europe. There is no reason to do so,” Lavrov told NTV in an interview aired on Sunday. Russia has repeatedly stated that it has not and does not intend to attack any country, but that it will defend itself if attacked.…
Test-driving new boats for a living sounds fun, but MasterCraft shows it’s tough work. Especially if you’re Phil, who has one of the most punishing jobs around. As the guy who takes wakesurfing, wakeboarding, and ski towboats and drives them in miserable conditions. You Can’t Test a Boat Inside (Photo/MasterCraft) When you’re building a new truck or SUV, you can do a lot of testing without even going outside. Fancy four-post rigs let you simulate years of driving without anyone inside, even running the engine up and down. All before a prototype hits the road for the first time. You…
Back in 2022, Oregon voters approved a “permit-to-purchase” law by the narrowest of margins, but more than three years after that vote Measure 114 has yet to take effect. Ongoing court challenges are one reason for the delay, but the Democrats in control of the legislation have also extended the start date in order to give the state and counties more time to prepare for the implementation of the rule, which requires county sheriffs to be in charge of issuing the permits. As of right now the measure is slated to take effect on March…
My eyes snapped open as I heard crashing all around me and beams of light shot through my bedroom window. The expected ice storm had arrived, wreaking havoc. Trees were bursting and falling everywhere, taking the power grid down with them. The constant hum of a powered home stopped, and an eerie silence took its place. Great. As the sun rose, it was time to get outside and assess the damage. With single-digit temps, I layered up and put on the Kifaru Torlander pants as the outermost layer on my lower body. After hunting in them in Wyoming a few…
Troops from the United Kingdom have crossed Russia’s red line, by being deployed on the ground in Ukraine. Russia stated that the UK has given it every opportunity to view it as a party to the coflict, at this point. Moscow’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, has said that Russia will now be declaring the UK “a de facto party to the conflict.” British involvement is deep and reflects a strategy of containing Russia, Kelin told RIA Novosti in an interview published on Monday, as reported by RT. Russia Mocks Canada Over Promise To Send Troops To Ukraine Previously, France…
Virginia has been in the news in a bad, bad way lately. Cam has been covering it, so I won’t repeat the details of what’s going on. The gist is that it’s awful, and Virginia Democrats are on track to turn Virginia into the next Colorado with draconian, ineffective gun control measures, while at the same time unleashing their criminal chums on the People with crook-friendly laws. What caught my eye in the midst of this fracas is the name of one legislator who is celebrating the unconstitutional infringements: JJ Singh (D), who represents the…
We’ve reported in the past about how the Trump Administration has been somewhat wishy-washy on its Second Amendment promises, sometimes siding with gun owners and sometimes supporting arguably unconstitutional gun laws. Most recently, the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) has sided with gun owners in a court case challenging the constitutionality of Massachusetts’ handgun roster. On January 26, the DOJ filed an amicus brief with the Boston-based 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Granata v. Healey, siding firmly with the plaintiffs, who argue the handgun roster is unconstitutional. As background, under the auspices of its approved firearms roster,…
This article was originally published by Michael Matulef at The Mises Institute. “The State is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.”—Frédéric Bastiat Bastiat’s insight grows more prophetic by the day. Watch what happens in any crisis. The reaction is predictable: people fracture into warring tribes, each certain it’s fighting for survival. Neighbors become informants, families split over ideology, and communities turn against themselves. While citizens exhaust one another in moral crusades, something else advances quietly—the concentration of power. Bureaucracies expand, authority tightens, and the machinery of control grows ever more intricate.…
For the past several years, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has been demanding the Democrat-controlled legislature deliver an “assault weapon” ban to her desk, and each and every session her fellow Democrats have declined to do so. In Grisham’s last year in office, though, Democrats are poised to deliver exactly what she wants; a bill that would take almost every semi-automatic long gun off the market in the Land of Enchantment. SB17, the omnibus gun ban, passed the Senate 21-17. It now moves over to the house side where we have to stop the…
